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The Gloaming Stakes is a Group 3 race held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival in late September.

The Gloaming Stakes is run under set weights conditions over 1800m and is only open to three-year-olds, offering $200,000 in total prize money.

The Gloaming Stakes is held on Golden Rose Stakes Day alongside four other Group status spring races. These include the $1 million Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m), $400,000 Group 2 Golden Pendant (1400m) and the Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) for possible Epsom Handicap contenders the following Saturday at Randwick.

One of the major lead up events to the Gloaming Stakes field is the Group 3 Newcastle Spring Stakes (1600m) run the Friday before Golden Rose Day, while the Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes (1500m) a fortnight earlier at the Rosehill track is another key preparatory race for Gloaming Stakes-bound three-year-olds.

Many of the more successful runners in the Gloaming Stakes go on to challenge the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m). Often, horses will contend the Gloaming Stakes before heading south to target Flemington’s Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

In 2017 Ace High took out the Gloaming Stakes – Spring Champion Stakes – VRC Derby treble.

Shadow Hero (2019) was the last horse to do the Gloaming Stakes – Spring Champion double.

The 2021 Gloaming Stakes ran on Saturday September 25, 2021 and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Head Of State. 

Gloaming Stakes
Date:	Saturday September 25, 2021
Racecourse:	Rosehill Gardens
Distance:	1800m
Conditions:	Three-year-olds at Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$200,000

2021 Gloaming Stakes Results

• 1st: #2 Head Of State
• 2nd: #6 Profound
• 3rd: #15e Benaud

The Chris Waller-trained Head Of State ($5.50) mowed down Profound to score a narrow victory in the 2021 Gloaming Stakes results and finally get jockey James McDonald in the winners’ stall at the Golden Rose meeting.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	HEAD OF STATE	Chris Waller	James McDonald		6	56.5kg		$5.50
	2	6	PROFONDO	Richard Litt	Robbie Dolan	0.38L	5	56.5kg		$4.60F
	3	15e	BENAUD	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	4.05L	10	56.5kg		$21
	4	4	ALEGRON	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	4.11L	9	56.5kg		$9
	5	10	PATTON	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Andrew Adkins	5.01L	1	56.5kg		$61
	6	14	STRAY	Anthony Cummings	Glyn Schofield	5.01L	14	54.5kg (cd 55kg)		$31
	7	12	NOTIONS	Richard & Michael Freedman	Ms Rachel King	5.71L	2	54.5kg		$11
	8	3	ARNAQUEUR	Jean Dubois	Jean Van Overmeire	6.89L	12	56.5kg		$11
	9	11	SATIRICAL GLORY	John Sargent	Sam Clipperton	6.9L	11	56.5kg		$101
	10	1	SUBTERRANEAN	Matthew Dunn	Nash Rawiller	7.23L	4	56.5kg		$8.50
	11	7	ALL MACHIAVELLIAN	Gregory Hickman	Jason Collett	7.5L	13	56.5kg		$26
	12	8	AKAHATA (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Glen Boss	7.57L	8	56.5kg		$31
	13	9	FRENCH EMPEROR	David Payne	Tim Clark	8.77L	3	56.5kg		$6
	14	5	DARK REBEL	Edward Cummings	Brock Ryan (a)	8.85L	7	56.5kg		$31
		16e	MONEY FROM THE SKY	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr		0
		13	ACHIRA	Lee & Cherie Curtis	James Innes Jnr		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Gloaming Stakes Betting

The updated Gloaming Stakes 2021 odds and Group 3 betting market links to the Rosehill racing markets online at Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below the week of the race.

Shadow Hero ($2.90 in 2019) and Love Tap ($1.70 in 2020) are the latest favourites in Gloaming Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

2021 Gloaming Stakes Field

The Gloaming Stakes 2021 field of final acceptances and barrier draw are released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading up to race day. Horses may come into the Gloaming Stakes field via earlier Group status Sydney Spring Racing Carnival races for three-year-olds or be stepping up in class for their first black-type test of the season.

A capacity line-up of potential Group 1-bound three-year-olds will do battle in the 2021 Gloaming Stakes field including Profondo coming off a winning debut and the Chris Waller-trained Head Of State. 

• Scratched: #13 Achira (16); #16 Money From The Sky (6)

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x53185x438	SUBTERRANEAN	Matthew Dunn	Nash Rawiller	4	56.5kg			75
2	5x10x652	HEAD OF STATE	Chris Waller	James McDonald	7	56.5kg			69
3	147×144	ARNAQUEUR	Jean Dubois	Jean Van Overmeire	13	56.5kg			67
4	5x025x15	ALEGRON	James Cummings	Kerrin McEvoy	10	56.5kg			66
5	108×76	DARK REBEL	Edward Cummings	Brock Ryan (a)	8	56.5kg			65
6	1	PROFONDO	Richard Litt	Robbie Dolan	5	56.5kg			65
7	9×311	ALL MACHIAVELLIAN	Gregory Hickman	Jason Collett	14	56.5kg			63
8	75239×143	AKAHATA (NZ)	Bjorn Baker	Glen Boss	9	56.5kg			62
9	31	FRENCH EMPEROR	David Payne	Tim Clark	3	56.5kg			62
10	160×583	PATTON	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Andrew Adkins	1	56.5kg			61
11	7×81	SATIRICAL GLORY	John Sargent	Sam Clipperton	12	56.5kg			56
12	6121	NOTIONS	Richard & Michael Freedman	Ms Rachel King	2	54.5kg			64
13	43×20	ACHIRA	Lee & Cherie Curtis	James Innes Jnr	16	54.5kg
14	4×49	STRAY	Anthony Cummings	Glyn Schofield	15	54.5kg
15e	1	BENAUD	John O’Shea	Hugh Bowman	11	56.5kg			57
16e	29	MONEY FROM THE SKY	Mark Newnham	Joshua Parr	6	56.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2021 Gloaming Stakes Nominations

The 2021 Gloaming Stakes nominations are taken by Racing NSW on the Monday leading-up to Golden Rose Stakes Day with the full list of early entries to be published below.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x53185x438	SUBTERRANEAN	C	3	Matthew Dunn	1	56.5kg			75
2	8151113	ROYALZEL	C	3	Gary Portelli	2	56.5kg			82
3	388×31	FORGOT YOU (NZ)	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	3	56.5kg			69
4	10×7	CELESTIAL FURY (NZ)	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	4	56.5kg			65
5	5x10x652	HEAD OF STATE	C	3	Chris Waller	5	56.5kg			69
6	147×144	ARNAQUEUR	C	3	Jean Dubois	6	56.5kg			67
7	75239×143	AKAHATA (NZ)	C	3	Bjorn Baker	7	56.5kg			62
8	5x025x15	ALEGRON	G	3	James Cummings	8	56.5kg			66
9	108×76	DARK REBEL	C	3	Edward Cummings	9	56.5kg			65
10	9×311	ALL MACHIAVELLIAN	G	3	Gregory Hickman	10	56.5kg			63
11	6121	NOTIONS	F	3	Richard & Michael Freedman	11	54.5kg			64
12	160×583	PATTON	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	12	56.5kg			61
13	12	FOOTLIGHTS (NZ)	C	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	13	56.5kg			63
14	31	MORIDAN	C	3	Anthony Cummings	14	56.5kg			64
15	43×20	ACHIRA	F	3	Lee & Cherie Curtis	15	54.5kg
16	1	PROFONDO	C	3	Richard Litt	16	56.5kg			65
17	31	FRENCH EMPEROR	G	3	David Payne	17	56.5kg			62
18	7×81	SATIRICAL GLORY	G	3	John Sargent	18	56.5kg			56
19	4×49	STRAY	F	3	Anthony Cummings	19	54.5kg
20	1	BENAUD	C	3	John O’Shea	20	56.5kg			57
21	29	MONEY FROM THE SKY	C	3	Mark Newnham	21	56.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Gloaming Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1978, the Gloaming Stakes has an extensive history of exciting racing and tight results. The Gloaming Stakes is named after Gloaming, who along with Desert Gold previously held the Australasian record of 19 successive wins. Out of 67 starts, Gloaming won 57 and came second 9 times.

The Gloaming Stakes has had a relatively stable history in terms of race location and status. Because of its set weights status and restriction to three year olds, the Gloaming Stakes has long held an important place in NSW racing as a major event to watch and a fertile breeding ground of young black-type winners.

Notable Gloaming Stakes winners include Sky Chase (1987), Tie The Knot (1997), So You Think (2009), It’s A Dundeel (2012) and that year’s Spring Champion Stakes / VRC Derby double winner Ace High (2017). Gloaming Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

Gloaming Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2021 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Head Of State	1 minute 50.04 seconds
	2nd	Profound
	3rd	Benaud
2020 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Love Tap	1 minute 48.89 seconds
	2nd	Street Dancer
	3rd	Bucharest
2019 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Shadow Hero	1 minute 49.10 seconds
	2nd	Subedar
	3rd	Quick Thinker
2018 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Thinkin’ Big	1 minute 50.28 seconds
	2nd	Tarka
	3rd	Irukandji
2017 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Ace High	1 minute 50.82 seconds
	2nd	Sanctioned
	3rd	Coral Coast
2016 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Veladero	1 minute 50.2 seconds
	2nd	Honeywine
	3rd	Prized Icon
2015 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Vanbrugh	1 minutre 49.6 seconds
	2nd	Tatoosh
	3rd	Man Of Choice
2014 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Sweynesse	1 minute 49.5 seconds
	2nd	Diamond Valores
	3rd	Pounamu
2013 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Complacent	1 minute 49.2 seconds
	2nd	Savvy Nature
	3rd	Drago
2012 Gloaming Stakes	1st	It’s A Dundeel	1 minute 50.6 seconds
	2nd	Honorius
	3rd	Lunar Rise
2011 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Strike The Stars	1 minute 49.0 seconds
	2nd	Doctor Doom
	3rd	King’s Pact
2010 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Retrieve	1 minute 48.2 seconds
	2nd	Erewhon
	3rd	Praecido
2009 Gloaming Stakes	1st	So You Think	1 minute 50.8 seconds
	2nd	Gathering
	3rd	Heraklion
2008 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Predatory Pricer	1 minute 51.9 seconds
	2nd	Stalingrad
	3rd	Fight And Defend
2007 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Race Not Run	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 Gloaming Stakes	1st	All Black Gold	1 minute 49.2 seconds
	2nd	Tuesday Joy
	3rd	Sermon
2005 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Pendragon	1 minute 50.4 seconds
	2nd	Power Of Destiny
	3rd	Duelled
2004 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Al Maher	1 minute 49.3 seconds
	2nd	Savabeel
	3rd	Outback Prince
2003 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Tsuimai	1 minute 49.6 seconds
	2nd	Terracotta Bay
	3rd	Square One
2002 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Maskerado	1 minute 57.0 seconds
	2nd	Platinum Scissors
	3rd	Sportsman
2001 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Courvoisier	1 minute 49.7 seconds
	2nd	Excellerator
	3rd	Silk Veil
2000 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Go Bint	1 minute 59.4 seconds
	2nd	Dandify
	3rd	Danachenka